Will it be like the earliest (apart from cruise one when the first announcement was over a year from sailing), which was the 2015 cruise when the first announcement was mid March, 313 days from sailing?

OR, will it be like the latest, 2019, when the first announcement was not until the very end of August, a mere 154 days from the sailing?

I am going to be SUPER optimistic, going with an end-March date for the first announcement. I think 70K #10 is going to be big, its going to be special, and its going to be a year long celebration from now until sailing with everything super smooth, regular updates, lots of puppies, kittens and unicorns.

Will it be like the earliest (apart from cruise one when the first announcement was over a year from sailing), which was the 2015 cruise when the first announcement was mid March, 313 days from sailing?

OR, will it be like the latest, 2019, when the first announcement was not until the very end of August, a mere 154 days from the sailing?

I am going to be SUPER optimistic, going with an end-March date for the first announcement. I think 70K #10 is going to be big, its going to be special, and its going to be a year long celebration from now until sailing with everything super smooth, regular updates, lots of puppies, kittens and unicorns.

#RoundX is going to be so special that you are going to shit your pants when the announcements come. Does that ring a bell?
No, it won't be anything special, it will be exactly like any other year, ALESTORM and ANNIHILATOR and TROLLFEST.
And announcements will start on January 18th 2020.

The discussion was repeated at the Wacken Open Air. But neither the 20th nor the 30th there was a special line-up. Therefore, I believe that no big surprises are to be expected even for the 10 year old 70K.

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March 28th Castroh
March 31st cowboy71
April 15th Slayergeek
May 5 Speedy
May 10 Jeyrow
June 6 Malaka
June 25th nekrobarr
July 3rd meshuggah
July 16 Sgt. B
July 20th Pellaz
July 24th Godflesh
August 5th mbob
September 1 AstridDragon
September 10th Tiki108

April 30. I also think they will start early, and I don’t think it will just be an ordinary year. However, a special lineup is very subjective. For example, I personally think round 7 was pretty special and that they went above and beyond that year.

March 28th Castroh
March 31st cowboy71
April 15th Slayergeek
April 30th downvod
May 5 Speedy
May 10 Jeyrow
June 6 Malaka
June 25th nekrobarr
July 3rd meshuggah
July 16 Sgt. B
July 20th Pellaz
July 24th Godflesh
July 26th bodomdragon
August 5th mbob
September 1 AstridDragon
September 10th Tiki108

They are already WAY ahead of schedule compared to last year. The Artists page is cleared less than 2 weeks later. This didn't happen until late August last year, I believe. They are also teasing 2020 heavily on social media. It is usually quiet around this time, or they are back to the usual BS generic posts. Something is already feeling 'different' leading into next year.

They are already WAY ahead of schedule compared to last year. The Artists page is cleared less than 2 weeks later. This didn't happen until late August last year, I believe. They are also teasing 2020 heavily on social media. It is usually quiet around this time, or they are back to the usual BS generic posts. Something is already feeling 'different' leading into next year.

Hopefully they give it some time before going into 2020 mode. I need some time for the bank account to recover.

They are already WAY ahead of schedule compared to last year. The Artists page is cleared less than 2 weeks later. This didn't happen until late August last year, I believe. They are also teasing 2020 heavily on social media. It is usually quiet around this time, or they are back to the usual BS generic posts. Something is already feeling 'different' leading into next year.

Hopefully they give it some time before going into 2020 mode. I need some time for the bank account to recover.

I second this. While I'd love announcements sooner, I just dropped $2600 on the Star Trek cruise and a couple months before having to pay for 70k would be nice.

They are already WAY ahead of schedule compared to last year. The Artists page is cleared less than 2 weeks later. This didn't happen until late August last year, I believe. They are also teasing 2020 heavily on social media. It is usually quiet around this time, or they are back to the usual BS generic posts. Something is already feeling 'different' leading into next year.

Hopefully they give it some time before going into 2020 mode. I need some time for the bank account to recover.

I second this. While I'd love announcements sooner, I just dropped $2600 on the Star Trek cruise and a couple months before having to pay for 70k would be nice.

We want a full report on that, please.

(I was amazed at how much more expensive Star Trek: The Cruise is, compared to 70K.)

Hopefully they give it some time before going into 2020 mode. I need some time for the bank account to recover.

I second this. While I'd love announcements sooner, I just dropped $2600 on the Star Trek cruise and a couple months before having to pay for 70k would be nice.

We want a full report on that, please.

(I was amazed at how much more expensive Star Trek: The Cruise is, compared to 70K.)

This will actually be my 3rd time attending. I went earlier this year and the one prior, first year sold out before I could book. It's really fun if you're into Star Trek, kind of like a floating con. I'm thrilled they are moving it to Royal Caribbean cause Norwegian is nice, but I like RCCL much better. I'm also glad they pushed it to March so that it won't be so close to 70k. This year we considered 70k, but with Star Trek, plus a 2 week Panama Canal cruise later this month, it was just a lot all at the beginning of the year.

The $2600 is for 2 people, but that includes a discount for booking on board and paying in full. It's also an 7 night cruise vs 70k is 4 nights, plus 4 ports vs 1 port.